Football

Kittanning quarterback Braydon Toy (3) leads the Wildcats onto the field before their WPIAL Class AA playoff Friday, Oct. 31, 2014, at Aliquippa.
George Guido: Kittanning played final football game 5 years ago
October 31, 2019
Each Friday throughout the high school football season, the Valley News Dispatch will take a look back at the games, players and events that are part of local scholastic history.

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North Allegheny, Aliquippa slide down while the Trib 10 crowns a new No. 1
October 30, 2019
Week 9 was divine for all but two of the members of last week’s The Trib Ten.

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The Birdie can recite Derry’s Justin Huss’ stats chapter and verse.
The Birdie won’t stop squawking about Westmoreland County teams in WPIAL playoffs
Last week: 11-2 (84.6)

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Apollo-Ridge’s Logan Harmon (44) has rushed for 1,338 yards and 17 touchdowns this season.
Apollo-Ridge thrilled to stay at home on a Friday night
The Apollo-Ridge Vikings are celebrating the 100th anniversary of Owens Field this season. On Friday, they’ll get to do it in style by hosting their first home playoff game since 2014.

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Valley’s Jayden Richter (20) tries to drag down Apollo-Ridge’s Klayton Fitzroy (10) Oct. 4, 2019.
A-K Valley high school football Q&A with Apollo-Ridge’s Klay Fitzroy
The Apollo-Ridge Vikings closed out their regular season schedule this past Friday with a 43-33 loss to Charleroi.

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Peyton McCann is a top player for the Kiski Area football team in 2019.
A-K Valley football players to watch in the first week of WPIAL playoffs
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Kiski Area’s Justin Hessom (52) celebrates after recovering a fumble in the end zone for a touchdown earlier this season against Fox Chapel.
Bethel Park stands in way of elusive playoff victory for Kiski Area
It’s been 29 years since the last Kiski Area football playoff victory.

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Fox Chapel receiver Warner Macklin (10) looks for some running room against Armstrong earlier this season at Fox Chapel.
Fox Chapel looks to become just 3rd No. 16 seed in WPIAL history to upset No. 1 in opening round
Once Fox Chapel lost to Shaler in the regular season finale last Friday, coach Tom Loughran knew the Foxes would be playing the No. 1 seed to start the playoffs.

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Apollo Ridge’s Klayton Fitzroy pulls in a catch over Avonworth’s Kyros Thorpe on Friday, Sept. 20, 2019.
The Birdie spends day begging for seeds as A-K Valley teams learn playoff opponents
Last week: 6-5 (54.5)

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Zac Gordon has rushed for 849 yards and nine touchdowns on 128 carries this season.
Westmoreland County football Q&A with Franklin Regional’s Zac Gordon
Zac Gordon used to play tight end in youth football, even some center, before coaches thought it would be better to put the ball in his hands.

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Justin Johns and 13th-seeded Franklin Regional face fourth-seeded Moon on Friday.
Westmoreland County don’t-miss football matchups for first week of WPIAL playoffs
Class 5A: FIRST ROUND

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North Allegheny’s Nathan Hoke and Ben Rohan get a hold of Pine-Richland’s Cole Spencer Friday, Oct. 25, 2019 at Pine-Richland High School.
High school football broadcasts scheduled Friday, Saturday on Trib HSSN
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Cornell’s Savon Wilson works out next to head coach Ed Dawson during practice on Wednesday, Aug. 14, 2019, in Coraopolis.
Weather forecast forces Cornell to move football playoff game to West Allegheny
The Cornell football team was hoping to play its first home playoff game since 1983, but a rainy forecast has changed those plans.

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Aliquippa, Jeannette ousted from top spots in PIAA after Week 9 losses
Of the first 10 weeks of the high school football season, this past week saw the fewest changes as teams concluded the regular season or prepared for the district playoffs.

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Deer Lakes’ Aris Hasley is presured by Freeport defenders in the fourth quarter Friday, Oct. 4, 2019.
A-K Valley quarterbacks set the bar high in 2019
October 29, 2019
When the regular season ended this past Friday, seven quarterbacks from around the WPIAL had surpassed the 2,000-yard passing mark.

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Fox Chapel’s Zidane Thomas looks for running room against Armstrong during their Oct. 18 game. The Foxes will open the WPIAL playoffs Friday against Class 5A top seed Penn-Trafford.
George Guido: Three A-K Valley football teams set for WPIAL playoffs
For the 60th consecutive season, the Alle-Kiski Valley will be represented in the WPIAL playoffs.

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WPIAL Football Team of the Week: Week 9
From 2012-17, the Shaler football program had five winless seasons and suffered through losing streaks of 34 in a row and 24 straight, going a combined 2-55 during those six years.

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Greensburg-Salem’s Cavan Trout tackles South Fayette ball carrier Andrew Franklin on Friday, Sept. 13, 2019.
Greensburg Salem trying to make history as WPIAL football playoff brackets revealed
October 28, 2019
Greensburg Salem football coach Dave Keefer said he couldn’t write a better script for his football team’s first-round game.

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Apollo-Ridge’s Logan Harmon (44) looks to get by Valley’s Ricardo Simmons (28) October 4, 2019 at Valley High.
Apollo-Ridge, Kiski Area, Fox Chapel learn playoff opponents at WPIAL football pairings meeting
When the seedings of the WPIAL football playoffs were released Monday evening at the annual pairings meeting, three A-K Valley teams found out who they would be facing in the first round Friday night.

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Thomas Jefferson’s Daniel Deabner scores as West Mifflin’s Tyrell Ogletree pursues Friday, Oct. 25, 2019.
Perennial powers earn top seeds for WPIAL football playoffs
Some of the winningest football programs in WPIAL history are favored to claim another title.

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